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General Questions...Coming over from G1

I've seen a lot of different recovery images and not sure if you need to upgrade recovery image to flash a new rom. Is there a universal spl and radio you need like the g1 had ? Here's my stats from hboot menu
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
May 27 2009, 19:06:41
Do I have the correct spl to run hero ??? I know the radio is correct I compared to the hboot on my g1 but the spl is different ? Also I'm assuming I'm rooted since I can use adb commands on the phone not sure can anyone help confirm ? All this "one click" stuff seems easy but seems more difficult to me lol at least on my g1 I had to do work and knew when something wasn't working right or not lol but any help and input i recieve is greatly appreciated thanx

what is your spl?
should be eng. spl that ends in .2005 or .2003. If you have that spl then u flash any rom u want. If you have a perfect spl that ends with .2006 (i think) u need to create a gold card and downgrade your spl to an engerneering one. As for recovery i recomend this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492
download:
http://www.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=recovery-RA-magic-v1.3.2G.img
O and to check if you have engneering spl, you can access fastboot by turning on your phone while holding down VOLUME DOWN and see if it lets u get access. If it does, press Back, connect to your computer through USB and flash the recovery through fastboot.
Good luck!

Hboot-1.33.0006
cpld-10

ok i used the relentless rooter but it doesn't seem to work that well I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but i flashed the spl that comes w/ that now it says
ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005
CPLD-10

Godson1227 said:
ok i used the relentless rooter but it doesn't seem to work that well I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but i flashed the spl that comes w/ that now it says
ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005
CPLD-10
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That's what happened to mine too. Good luck gettin any answers though. It's hella saddity in the sap forum. I don't think it really makes any difference. Still functions same as before. Only thing I've noticed is that I get lag now after changing my SPL.

BlackElvis79 said:
That's what happened to mine too. Good luck gettin any answers though. It's hella saddity in the sap forum. I don't think it really makes any difference. Still functions same as before. Only thing I've noticed is that I get lag now after changing my SPL.
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Yea I noticed lol I usually find stuff on my own I was just hopping someone could point me in the right direction...but I'll make it happpen lol

Can't get fastboot working. Needs new SPL?

Hey guys. My phone's been rooted for a year or so now and I feel pretty comfortable with adb. But recently, I tried to use fastboot and it doesn't seem to work. I keep getting "FAILED (remote: not allow)" in trying to change the splash screen.
Do I need to update my SPL or whatever? I recently updated my RADIO (and saw a good signal improvement and battery life improvement). If you think this might help me, a clue to which thread(s) I should read up on would be most helpful.
Tmobile Mytouch 3G (purchased around October 2009)
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.23.02
May 27 2009, 19:06:41
I'm running CM5 with Amon-RA-1.7 recovery
Thanks for your time!

I should really do more reading before I create a thread. Oh well, maybe this will at least put someone else on the right path in the future. It turns out that I seem to have a "perfect SPL" which means I need to fix that if I want to flash my splash screen. To fix it, I gotta make a goldcard and I'll be following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548218

Yes you need eng spl to allow you flash from fastboot...
I read your post in the guide thread, and the answer is there :0)

[Q] is my phone bricked?

Alright, so i got this phone from a friend to try to fix, as i've done some work with android phones before, mostly just following directions from various forums on this website.
the phone is stuck at its bootloader scree. this is what it says
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ONG
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I (i, not 1)
May 27 2009, 19:06:41
HBOOT (i believe its selected)
<BACK> FastBoot Mode
i can't do anything. buttons don't seem to do anything, and windows doesn't recognize the phone when i plug it in.
there's no SD or SIM card in it, but i can get one if i need to load a file.
please help me. i have no idea what to do

lol you start by this line: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alright, so i got this phone from a friend to try to fix, as i've done some work with android phones before, mostly just following directions from various forums on this website.
so why didn't you do that on this forum???
and read rules and things first

because i couldn't find anybody else with my problem.

well then if you read rules you know any thread starting with Q is not dev related, well almost never is, i think you would get more hits and replies in the general section where the q belongs, if you ask here, binary100100 will come eat the thread

OH SHOOT. i swore i posted it in the general section. my mistake
thanks man.

Need help...Friends phone

Hey guys really sorry if this has been posted over a hundred times or whatever but I really need help. I was trying to do a favor for my friend and flash his phone with a custom recovery and maybe a new rom and I ended up using Radio Switcher because it had a perfected SPL and from there I ended up here
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010
RADIO-6.35.16.19
Jun 2 2009, 17:27:03
Cant get into recovery or regular system and I tried the SAPPIMG.zip method but all I have is Sandisk cards and the phone refuses to find the image from any of them. I have been a member on this site for a while now all the way back to the HTC Wizard and currently have a HTC Aria and love it and love how easy to hack it is compared to this phone. Just really need help cause I have to return this phone to my friend Monday. I know I know...shouldnt have played around with it if you werent sure what you were doing lol Any and all help would be overly appreciated. Thanks guys.
Ok I ended up getting the phone unrooted and now I have this
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-6.35.16.19
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
I got the SAPPIMG.zip method working but now Im stuck here
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
(1) BOOTLOADER - OK
(2) RADIO_V2 - Updating
and the red status bar just stays stuck at about 98%
Im giving up on the hacking part I just want to get this phone back to stock and give my friend his phone back
Forgot to tell you guys this is a mytouch with the 3.5 headphone jack

ired44 said:
Hey guys really sorry if this has been posted over a hundred times or whatever but I really need help. I was trying to do a favor for my friend and flash his phone with a custom recovery and maybe a new rom and I ended up using Radio Switcher because it had a perfected SPL and from there I ended up here
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010
RADIO-6.35.16.19
Jun 2 2009, 17:27:03
Cant get into recovery or regular system and I tried the SAPPIMG.zip method but all I have is Sandisk cards and the phone refuses to find the image from any of them. I have been a member on this site for a while now all the way back to the HTC Wizard and currently have a HTC Aria and love it and love how easy to hack it is compared to this phone. Just really need help cause I have to return this phone to my friend Monday. I know I know...shouldnt have played around with it if you werent sure what you were doing lol Any and all help would be overly appreciated. Thanks guys.
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You have S-Off so just lookup on how to use fastboot commands to flash the needed radio, recovery and spl.
I really hope that this isn't a US T-Mobile device.

ired44 said:
Hey guys really sorry if this has been posted over a hundred times or whatever but I really need help. I was trying to do a favor for my friend and flash his phone with a custom recovery and maybe a new rom and I ended up using Radio Switcher because it had a perfected SPL and from there I ended up here
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2010
RADIO-6.35.16.19
Jun 2 2009, 17:27:03
Cant get into recovery or regular system and I tried the SAPPIMG.zip method but all I have is Sandisk cards and the phone refuses to find the image from any of them. I have been a member on this site for a while now all the way back to the HTC Wizard and currently have a HTC Aria and love it and love how easy to hack it is compared to this phone. Just really need help cause I have to return this phone to my friend Monday. I know I know...shouldnt have played around with it if you werent sure what you were doing lol Any and all help would be overly appreciated. Thanks guys.
Ok I ended up getting the phone unrooted and now I have this
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-6.35.16.19
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
I got the SAPPIMG.zip method working but now Im stuck here
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
(1) BOOTLOADER - OK
(2) RADIO_V2 - Updating
and the red status bar just stays stuck at about 98%
Im giving up on the hacking part I just want to get this phone back to stock and give my friend his phone back
Forgot to tell you guys this is a mytouch with the 3.5 headphone jack
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First combo, we could have helped you out...
But the second combo... ooohhh... bad one...
Perfected spl and wrong radio/spl combo... NOT GOOD!
Try to flash the sappimg.zip that gave you the first spl version (1.33.2010).
If you get that back, then we can work out the rest pretty easy!

ired44 said:
Ok I ended up getting the phone unrooted and now I have this
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-6.35.16.19
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
I got the SAPPIMG.zip method working but now Im stuck here
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
(1) BOOTLOADER - OK
(2) RADIO_V2 - Updating
and the red status bar just stays stuck at about 98%
Im giving up on the hacking part I just want to get this phone back to stock and give my friend his phone back
Forgot to tell you guys this is a mytouch with the 3.5 headphone jack
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Are you trying to intentionally brick your friends phone?
[RANT]
I'm guessing that you didn't do much reading before actually messing with his phone did you?
MyTouch 1.2 (aka Fender, aka LE) w/3.5mm headphone jack
Ultimate Guide: How to root myTouch 1.2/LE Fender (3.5mm jack)
Look, I'm not trying to give anyone a hard time but this is exactly what I was talking about a few days ago.
There is so much confusion over this device! It's not hard! Anyone that thinks that is is should have been around when the device first came out! DAMN THAT WAS ROUGH! But it was a learning experience. And through that learning experience we made apps (Androot) and guides and stickies JUST FOR THIS! Yet... how does this keep happening??? Someone explain it to me... please. I'm desperate to know.
[/RANT]
With that said... you are going to have to use a goldcard now that you have S-ON, still not rooted, no custom recovery, etc. You won't be able to boot the phone up because you are DEFINITLY using the wrong radio. You'll be lucky if you didn't completely brick it already.
Use the links above to create a goldcard. I'll warn you that this can be a pain in the butt ( not to mention that some sdcards are notorious for not working at all for this method!) because it requires getting ANOTHER android phone, putting the sdcard in to get the serial number of the sdcard (unless someone knows another way to get it), entering the code into a website to get the goldcard image e-mailed to you then using a hex editor to copy the bootsectors of that goldcard image enter the code into the hardware of the sdcard via card reader so you can use the freshly made goldcard, then all that's left is dowloading the right sappimg.zip file, placing it on the root of the sdcard and booting into the bootloader. You would flash the goldcard image At that point you will be have the Engineering (S-OFF) SPL again and the CORRECT radio. Once that is done you only need to fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (G type, not H)
Then flash the stock SPL back.
Then you will be free to flash a 32B type rom through recovery.
After you have done ALL OF THAT! Your friend might spare your life.
Here... try something like this. Maybe you can find someone to help.
http://hartford.craigslist.org/search/mob?query=root&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=
I think you're Hartford area... if not then just adjust if necessary.

[Q] Is it possible to downgrade 1.33.0014 to 1.33.0013?

Can I downgrade from HBOOT-1.33.0014 to HBOOT-1.33.0013.
After updating hboot through HTC Unlock Bootloader hoping for benefits, now I can't flash some ROMs because not being at least 1.33.0013 or 1.33.0013d.
How can I revert to original spl?
This is my actual information:
myTouch 3G with 3.5mm jack (1.2) - White
*** UNLOCKED ***
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0014 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.28.25
JAN 31 2012, 14:43:52
Would appreciate any suggestion, thanks.

Solved!
1. Relocked the bootloader in fastboot using: fastboot oem lock.
2. Download misc-edited.img
http://www.4shared.com/file/M7NfPvFO/misc-edited.html
3. Copy misc-edited.img to sdcard
4. With Rom Manager installed type this in a terminal emulator.
# /data/data/com.koushikdutta.rommanager/files/flash_image misc /sdcard/misc-edited.img
5. After that use the stock-sappimg.zip. Rename it to sappimg.zip and copy it to the sdcard.
http://www.4shared.com/zip/CgyRRX4O/stock-sappimg.html
(stock android 1.6 sappimg for the mytouch 3g 3.55mm)
6. Turn off the phone and then press volume down + power button until bootloader shows. It should pick up the sappimg.zip and flash it.
7. Root with UniversalAndroot_1.5.3.apk (disable antivirus before download it)
http://www.4shared.com/android/ay4Js6MY/UniversalAndroot_153.html
8. Install ROM Manager 4.4.0.6 and flash a recovery.
http://www.4shared.com/android/87Z5gzSF/comkoushikduttarommanager.html
9. Reboot the phone.
10. Download radio 2.22.28.25 and flash it through recovery like any zip file.
http://www.4shared.com/zip/jGsW4akC/update_2222825_S.html
11. Reboot the phone.
Now I have:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.28.25
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
I hope this can help anyone with similar stuation.

pmerced said:
Resolved!
*snip*
Now I have:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.28.25
Oct 21 2009,22:33:27
I hope this can help anyone with similar stuation.
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Good work! Now let's see you get S-OFF and an ENG SPL

DasBub said:
Good work! Now let's see you get S-OFF and an ENG SPL
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Thanks, this is a tricky device and I don't have a clear idea in how to accomplish that in a safe environment. Do you think it's worth the chance? What are the practical benefits in doing so? For now I only know one bonus using ENG SPL in this device and that is erasing everything from fastboot (for that I use superwipe) but flashing still not possible, all other good commands are still excluded.
Please, make me wrong and make me a gift with your guidance.

pmerced said:
Thanks, this is a tricky device and I don't have a clear idea in how to accomplish that in a safe environment. Do you think it's worth the chance? What are the practical benefits in doing so? For now I only know one bonus using ENG SPL in this device and that is erasing everything from fastboot (for that I use superwipe) but flashing still not possible, all other good commands are still excluded.
Please, make me wrong and make me a gift with your guidance.
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Heh, I was just joking. What you really get with S-OFF and an ENG SPL are more ways to fix things and more ways to break things.
With S-OFF, the phone won't check the signatures of things you flash using HBOOT or fastboot, so you can get the phone to flash something that's been modified... but you can already do that if you have a custom recovery.
With ENG SPL, you can change just about every setting in the phone and access all of the fastboot commands without getting "remote not allow"... But, again, most of the things that you'd want to do (flashing a custom ROM) can be done with the custom recovery.
And, if I remember correctly, if you use an ENG SPL on a myTouch 1.2, you lose half of your available RAM, at least until you go back to a magic SPL.
I suggest making your life easy and not doing any of these things

DasBub said:
I suggest making your life easy and not doing any of these things
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That's what I thought too, better leave it unTouch. Thanks for your help.

Yes, using anything but 1.33.0013(d) spl and a newer radio will decrease available ram (by 18mb on 32b, and half on 1.2), and will break headphone Jack and other stuff on the 1.2 until you flash back.
Is that my misc-edited btw? just checked md5sums, seems to be. glad to see someone actually made use of it. you now have all the benefits of a goldcard, without going through the complicated process of making one.
Also, roms can probably be easily updated to support 1.33.0014 ), most likely a 1 line edit to the updater-script

Pmerced, could you dump your current misc partition for me? I have never had the opportunity to look at what happened to my edits after an update.

tvall said:
Is that my misc-edited btw?t
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I think you are right.
tvall said:
Pmerced, could you dump your current misc partition for me? I have never had the opportunity to look at what happened to my edits after an update.
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Here it is.

thank you.
it did exactly what i thought it would. it has the goldcard cid (you can flash any sappimg.zip or ruu), and it updated the main version like normal.

hi
i have htc magic 32b
info:
***relocked***
sapphir pvt 32b ship s- on g
hboot-1.33.00.14 (sapp1000)
cpld-11
radio-3.22.20.17
jan 31 2012. 14:43:52
so . idon't know what i donig to install recovery she is tell me in fastboot (remot not allwo) i tired pleeeeeeeeeeez help me
i am using ubuntu 13.4 thanx for help and im so sorry
iam sorry for bad englsh

You can't flash from fastboot on this device unless you have an eng spl.
The normal process of getting a custom rom on the dream/sapphire is first rooting your stock rom, then flashing a recovery from there. Then you update radio/spl as needed and flash a rom.
I have never messed with the 1.33.0014 spl, but from what I've heard, it gives no benefit, just headache.
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